SF drawdown: 3.5% below the all-time high
Stifel Financial Corporation (SF) is 3.5% below its all-time high, set Jan 6, 2026 (as of market close, Aug 13, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown. "All-time" means since our price data begins (1983).
- Below all-time high
- −3.5%
- 96.5% of ATH
- All-time high
- $88.81
- Jan 6, 2026
- Time below the high
- 7 mo
- since Jan 6, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −78.4%
- Dec 28, 1990
- Longest underwater
- 10.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Dec 10, 2025
- 8 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Dec 31, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 1983#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater.
% of all-time high on the price basis — the all-time high considers the full history of SF, including years before the visible window. Dividends are excluded on this basis (the convention headlines use).
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 1987 | Dec 28, 1990 | −78.4% | 3.2 yrs | Sep 29, 1997 | 10.0 yrs |
| Jul 25, 1983 | Jul 25, 1984 | −63.9% | 12 mo | Jun 12, 1987 | 3.9 yrs |
| Jun 23, 2015 | Feb 24, 2016 | −55.2% | 8 mo | Dec 4, 2017 | 2.5 yrs |
| Feb 20, 2020 | Mar 18, 2020 | −52.0% | 27 days | Nov 10, 2020 | 9 mo |
| Mar 8, 2011 | Oct 3, 2011 | −50.8% | 7 mo | Jan 16, 2014 | 2.9 yrs |
| Apr 14, 1998 | Oct 19, 1998 | −50.3% | 6 mo | Dec 2, 2003 | 5.6 yrs |
| Feb 1, 2018 | Dec 21, 2018 | −42.6% | 11 mo | Feb 6, 2020 | 2.0 yrs |
| Sep 19, 2008 | Mar 9, 2009 | −41.4% | 6 mo | May 4, 2009 | 7 mo |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 1983: how far SF stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: SF is on this chart precisely because it survived — the many stocks that fell this far and never recovered (or were delisted) aren't on anyone's chart, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is SF from its all-time high?
- SF is currently 3.5% below its all-time high, set Jan 6, 2026 (as of market close, Aug 13, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest SF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 1983) took the stock 78.4% below its prior high, bottoming Dec 28, 1990. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily closing prices since 1983 (split-adjusted). "All-time" means since our price data begins — SF may have traded earlier. For a 150-year index drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year, 150 years of returns and the rolling-returns explorer. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.